Reading CSV files into PHP

// usage: csv("intermed_meta.csv") gets you the 2d array for that csv file, blanks and all

function csv($fname){
    $out = array();
    if (($handle = fopen($fname, "r")) !== FALSE) {
        while (($data = fgetcsv($handle)) !== FALSE) {
            $out[] = $data;
        }
        fclose($handle);
    }
    return $out;
}